so what do you call...

Or a particularly nasty, pussy sore

I hate the whole BF v FF. Its stupid and unhelpful and undermining!
I couldn't get DS1 to latch on and was begging for help coz he was almost 10 hours old before I could figure out that if I dripped BM onto his lips he'd finally stop crying. All the stupid nursing staff did when I was asking them to help me was tell me to harden up, they squeezed my nipples and tried to stuff it into babys mouth THEN when I asked for a bottle coz Jake wouldn't stop crying and I hadn't had any sleep since his birth they ranted at me about being irresponsible and refused to give me a bottle - they said if I wasn't going to BF I had to supply my own bottles and formula! I saw a lactation consultant once and nobody did jack to help me figure out what I was doing and it was my cousin a week later who went to a pharmacist and discovered nipple shields! I was finally able to latch my week old baby on and fill him up after having to cup feed him for the week we were in hospital because of the bottle issue! I ended up BFing AND FFing then 5 weeks later after getting mastitis coz nobody told me thats a side-effect of nipple shields I gave up in despair and put him fully on the bottle.

Honestly Annie - I totally wish I had someone like you come around and offer to help! It was a completely miserable, lonely experience and having someone who was supportive and encouraging and had some ideas would've been a godsend!!!! You can come be a BF nazi for me this time round lol I'd be so happy!!!

ETA Hehe sorry I still get really upset thinking about it if you hadn't noticed. Sorry I kinda went OT...

Edited by Babe

Jezsika wrote: Why does everything even need a name?

good question! but we name so much dont we - the type of parent we are (attachment anyone?), how we settle our babies (CIO, self settle, CC), what we put on their bums... ECers, non vaccers, self weaners, and so on!